# Amid COVID-19 chaos and protests, India's farmers eye record wheat crop

> Indian farmers are on track to harvest a record 109 million tons of wheat in 2021 while continuing protests against farm laws. Reuters reports that experts see a more flexible export policy as a way to manage large inventories.

- Date: 2021-04-29 · published 2021-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47566-amid-covid-19-chaos-and-protests-india-s-farmers-eye-record-wheat-crop
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A record Indian wheat crop raises the chance of larger exports if policy loosens, which would weigh on world wheat prices; the protests add some logistics uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-28 | [India’s record high prices spur wheat sowing, area up nearly 11% y/y](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38631-india-s-record-high-prices-spur-wheat-sowing-area-up-nearly-11-y-y.md) | -1.1% | -2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-04 | [India's wettest monsoon in 25 years could yield record 2020 wheat output \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55556-india-s-wettest-monsoon-in-25-years-could-yield-record-2020-wheat-output-the.md) | -3.6% | -1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-19 | [Record wheat, rice stocks as spells of rain shielded crops \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25059-record-wheat-rice-stocks-as-spells-of-rain-shielded-crops-india-news.md) | +2.5% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-16 | [Australian farmers prepare to harvest large wheat crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52069-australian-farmers-prepare-to-harvest-large-wheat-crop.md) | -0.0% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-29 | [India's wettest monsoon in 25 years could lift 2020 wheat output to record](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56037-india-s-wettest-monsoon-in-25-years-could-lift-2020-wheat-output-to-record.md) | -0.1% | -1.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-05-17 | [Forecasts of a good wheat harvest in the US and the EU continue to lower stock prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10908-forecasts-of-a-good-wheat-harvest-in-the-us-and-the-eu-continue-to-lower-stock.md) | +5.6% | -6.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-11-16 | [Winter wheat crop gets off to good start in U.S. \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12255-winter-wheat-crop-gets-off-to-good-start-in-u-s-the-western-producer.md) | -3.9% | -2.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-03-25 | [Wheat prices fall amid increased rainfall in the US, Ukraine and Russia, which increases pressure on prices in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25622-wheat-prices-fall-amid-increased-rainfall-in-the-us-ukraine-and-russia-which.md) | -3.6% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- rappler.com: https://www.rappler.com/business/amid-covid-19-chaos-protests-india-farmers-eye-record-wheat-crop/

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